5 Things that set Indian skipper Virat Kohli a class apart from the rest

1. Temperament

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Virat Kohli’s temperament is perhaps the biggest key to his success in all frontiers of the game. Kohli is someone who is never fazed by the context of the game at any point of time and he is second to none in the world when it comes to handling pressure situations.

Kohli always appears to be up to the task whenever it takes to play out the difficult situations and goes about his business in the same manner in which he would have played any other match situation.

His ability to soak in all the pressure on the team during crucial moments and take his team over the line from there itself is what has made him one of the all-time greats.

His playing style which revolves around rotation of strike and running hard between the wickets, trying the convert the ones into twos and the twos into threes when runs are hard to come by, his body language when things are not going properly for the team and his ability to control the game while chasing 300 plus totals speak volumes of his temperament.

He is someone who always puts a price on his wicket and it always takes a good ball to dismiss him. The pressure of living up to the expectations of billions of people every time one steps out to the field, especially in a country like India where cricket is worshipped as a religion is immense and is certainly not a walk in the park for even the greatest ever to play the game.

The Indian skipper, however, handles the pressure better than anyone in the world at the moment and it certainly goes a long way in making him who he is today.

Despite having attained the status of a legend of the game at such an early age, Kohli keeps striving for excellence and tries to bring out the best in him in every outing.

The 30-year-old is currently the full-time captain for India in all the three formats of cricket. He has instilled his winning mentality into the Indian cricket team as well and his hunger and foresight are bound to take the Indian team to a whole new level in the coming years.